unwillingly
Who acts: you, us, jackal, hedgehog · What happens: mean, not want, do, let, be, set out · To what, where: something, it, us, donkey, rope · Speech: someone speaks here
«unwillingly» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: unwillingly in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Unwillingly means not wanting to do something, so doing it slowly and with reluctance, as if against your will.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unwillingly | unwillingly | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 wanting | advmod |
| 4 | wanting | want | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 means | ccomp |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 do | mark |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wanting | xcomp |
| 7 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 do | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 doing | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 doing | advmod |
| 10 | doing | do | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 wanting | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 doing | obj |
| 12 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 10 doing | advmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 reluctance | cc |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 reluctance | case |
| 15 | reluctance | reluctance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 slowly | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 will | punct |
| 17 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 21 will | mark |
| 18 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 21 will | mark |
| 19 | against | against | ADP | _ | 21 will | case |
| 20 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 will | nmod:poss |
| 21 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 doing | aux |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | unwillingly property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not want | gerund | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | something | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | do | future | it | slowly property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Example 1
But let us be quick," and rather unwillingly the donkey set out.
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 2 let | cc |
| 2 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 let | obj |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 quick | cop |
| 5 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 let | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 quick | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 quick | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 donkey | cc |
| 9 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 10 unwillingly | advmod |
| 10 | unwillingly | unwillingly | ADV | _ | 12 donkey | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 donkey | det |
| 12 | donkey | donkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 quick | conj |
| 13 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 donkey | acl |
| 14 | out | out | ADP | _ | 13 set | compound:prt |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 let | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | us | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | infinitive | us not said here | quick property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | set out in a quote | participle | the donkey not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
Very unwillingly the jackal held the rope, while the hedgehog walked slowly round the greyhound.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 2 unwillingly | advmod |
| 2 | unwillingly | unwillingly | ADV | _ | 5 held | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 jackal | det |
| 4 | jackal | jackal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 held | nsubj |
| 5 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 rope | det |
| 7 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 held | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 walked | punct |
| 9 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 12 walked | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 hedgehog | det |
| 11 | hedgehog | hedgehog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 walked | nsubj |
| 12 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 held | conj |
| 13 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 12 walked | advmod |
| 14 | round | round | ADP | _ | 16 greyhound | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 greyhound | det |
| 16 | greyhound | greyhound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 walked | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 held | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | past | the jackal | the rope | unwillingly property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme | |||
| 2 | walk | past | the hedgehog | round the greyhound; slowly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round greyhound=Trajectory |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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